Re: [clamav-users] Disable MaxFileSize and MaxFileSize to scan the whole system

2018-11-28 Thread Henrik K
On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 05:01:40PM -0500, Albert o wrote:
> "sudo clamscan -r --remove=yes /"

ClamAV doesn't exactly have a perfect track record regarding false positives
(not that any scanner would have).  Are you sure you'd want --remove=yes to
remove some critical system files/libraries?

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Re: [clamav-users] Disable MaxFileSize and MaxFileSize to scan the whole system

2018-11-28 Thread Albert o
Damn it, I thought there was a way to somehow stream those big files
in xMB chuncks.
Thanks anyway.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:47 AM Brent Clark  wrote:
>
> What Albert said!
>
> Regards
> Brent
>
> On 2018/11/28 02:27, Al Varnell wrote:
> > If it were possible to scan any size, it would eventually crash your system 
> > and might even cause permanent damage to it. You don't have unlimited RAM, 
> > so you cannot do unlimited scans.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > -Al-
> >
> > On Nov 27, 2018, at 14:01, Albert o  wrote:
> >> Can you guys please tell me the right way to disable MaxFileSize?
> >> In my clamd.conf I'm using
> >> MaxScanSize 10M
> >> MaxFileSize 10M
> >> Would placing a # in front of the parameters make it scan any file not
> >> depending on its size?
> >> What about using
> >> MaxScanSize 0
> >> MaxFileSize 0
> >> or even deleting the parameters?
> >> I would like to scan every file in my system since I believe there are
> >> some big files with viruses (buffer overflows).
> >> Would "sudo clamscan -r --remove=yes /" be the right command for
> >> scanning the whole system?
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